See, told ya so.

I was just reading up on the comments on Allkpop about Soyoung’s sudden reappearance.

Seems like AS fans are facing the complications of liking a group that has a graduation concept. Being a Momusu fan I know these all too well. The complaining, the bickering, the usual “___ doesn’t get enough lines!” or the “___  should promote them better!” LOL

Member bias, unfair promo, screentime and line distribution, sucky management etc. It makes me laugh when I see the similarities between Momusu and AS fans XD

Well, for one AS fans don’t complain as much. They can’t possibly compare to the praise and love H!P fans give, but in a way I admire how their simple admiration makes up such a great force. They actually stand by their fave. artist, which imo momusu fans need to take note of. They NEED your support. Thats how artists get better, stronger and get on more shows.

But anyway, here are some of the comments I took interest of:

netizen1: its because they kept adding members and with the new members i doubt she would get attention Jungah hardly gets a line to sing anymore along with Jooyeon…Dont get me wrong i like the new AS members but i wish the original members would get some spot light ESPECIALLY the SEXI trinity Jungah, Behkah, and Gahee.

XD Extremely familiar… “Junjun and Linlin never get to sing! Sayu can’t sing for sh!t, why the hell does she have so many lines!?” LOL  or “Why do Reina and Ai-chan always have to sing, I want to see other members get lines too!”

netizen2:  “lol.. pledis lied to us pledis fail.”

UFA fail, tsunku fail. I might get beaten by rocks for this but as good as Tsunku is, they need a new songwriter xD H!P is suffering bad. Oh and they DEFINITELY need to sign on to a new company. Srsly

As After School continues to grow older, hopefully lasting 5 more years, I’ll probably be seeing more of these types of comments/complaints from people as the group keeps adding and graduating members.

Boy this’ll be interesting 😛

Ex-After school member Soyoung back in the biz. SAY WUT.

First of all, I’m so happy to see Soyoung come back to the entertainment scene.

Never heard of “Professional Entertainment”  before  but I’m really happy! So happy that I’m in this silent spazz mode right now which is ultra-rare of me xD

Soyoung was my fave AS member before Bekah right now. She’s talented, cute and such a sweetie ♥ Before she graduated, I knew it was coming and had made myself accept the fact that she was leaving, but still… it hurt a lot.

It was my first time to have this sort of feeling, to be a fan of someone and see them go away. Now I understand OG Momusu fans, which before I never fully understood and even mocked a little.

But yeah, enough of my sappy entries, IT’S HAPPY TIME! WOOT!

Some people are becoming suspicious of Soyoung’s sudden reappearance and in all honesty I agree LOL It hasn’t even been a year since she graduated and she’s already back? Fishy.

I too thought she left to focus on her studies, but I understand that when your passion and hunger for something becomes strong I guess you can’t turn away huh? ^_^

Well, if there really is something going on here it should be uncovered later on… right?

I wonder if she’ll debut as a solo or in a group? o.o Imo, she’s really talented if you let her shine. When she was in AS she was the third strongest dancer and tied with bekah, the third best singer.

She has a lot of potential which wasn’t really used. I read before she used to act and sing in musicals during her schooling, so I’m thinking she might be a good actress as well. Who knows, I’m just happy to see her come back 😀

Hope Soyoung becomes big! Bigger than she was in AS too! Show pledis how bad they manage LOL ^_^ I’m rooting for her all the way! 😀

My H!P 2010 Rankings ^_^

It’s that time of year again!! 😀 It’s Hello!Blog’s 2010 H!P rankings!

(I was beginning to wonder when it would get here…)

Just for the heck of it, here’s my rankings! ^_^

(From Most fav. to Least: Momusu, C-ute, S/mileage [yes I like them], Guardians 4, Mano Erina, Buono!, Berryz Koubou)

This ranking was hard… not because I like them all oh-so-equally but because the only group I really pay attention to most of the time is Momusu! ^^;

It’s hard to sort out the other groups in order of preference, so I just went ahead and ranked them according to who I was becoming interested in lately 😛

C-ute, so far has been really impressing me. Imo, they’re the most athletic of the three groups and something about them just grabs me.

S/mileage makes me anticipate something. Like there’s so much potential in them that could not be used at all blow everyone’s minds out! I especially find the group charming! 😀 I look forward to them!

^_^

(Read from L to R in rows)

*ahem* Yes, Junjun in first again xD Tbh, when I saw that the poll was up I hurried up just to place Junjun as my #1 ^^; After I put 8th gen + Reina as my top 4, I didn’t really know how to rank the rest of them o.o I love ALL of current gen (yes Koharucchi too :3) but I love them all equally (besides my top 4 lol). The thing I don’t like about these polls is that someone HAS to go last D:

For the rest of the H!P members I kind of put them in an order I felt was right. I put them in descending interest level/who I think I’d become a big fan of. No specific order.

EDIT: Oh but yes, I do have my favorites in each group, forgot to add that as a factor when I was choosing.

S/mileage: Ogawa Saki                                                                                                                  C-ute: Hagiwara Mai, Okai Chisato, Nakajima Saki                                                            Berryz Koubou: Kumai Yurina, Tsugunaga Momoko, Sugaya Risako (and recently Saki but I already put her 4th from last D: )

Junjun – 42nd Single Oricon Style Interview trans.

Translation a BIG thanks to Aibunai @ Hello!Online 😀 (note: aibunai has said that they had a hard time translating the third answer, so it may not be as clear.)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

* The point worth listening in the new single
– The theme of this is “Girl’s flower”. It is a positive song on cute young girls to keep their individuality/personality and gradually go out/stand out in this full world.

* On the lyrics…”The Sense of Woman” episode
– I have!! It suits me well. I like sensation.

* The point worth watching in the PV
– During the shoot, each of us did beautiful model walking, and in the end while grabbing our poses, I thought the individuality/personalities of the 8 of us came out really well.

* On the costumes/outfits…your dream (admiring) “marriage/wedding”
– I want to wear a huge cute ribbon and pure-white wedding dress.  I can definitely see that Junjun fits the lyrics, like she said. The song has a very feminine feel to it 😀 She wants a wedding dress with a huge ribbon? o.o

Immdiately the image of Tsuji with a huge ribbon on her head pops up into my mind. Seeing that on Junjun as her WEDDING DRESS (omfg) frightens me….

Downtown DX Junjun, Sayumi and Reina :D

Okay well, it’s only a short clip I’m posting.

Ghosts + Junjun’s power…. hmm….

A formula for JunRei wub? I sure hope so! (secretly hopes that someone doesn’t provide a translation for the clip to ruin hopes, but then again does).

lol At first when I saw a blog pic of JunSayu and they were wearing the same thing, I thought Junjun was ‘copying’ Sayu again. It turned out they were all wearing the same thing for the show LOL Silly, paranoid, me 😛

YUI – “GLORIA” PV Released! (PV + HQ song download)

Yay!! The pv for YUI’s new single entitled “GLORIA” was released! here it is! 😀

Purchase Links‘)” :

Regular Edition : cdjapan yesasia

Limited Edition (with DVD) : cdjapan yesasia

Time flies by fast ;_; I swear YUI was still 18!! Oh the mysteries of Asian beauty and youth… but on another note that short hair is rockin’!

Within the first few seconds of the song I wasn’t that crazy about it but once I heard the chorus, dayum was I in love!!’ ❤‘

I just realized that from reading the lyrics that this was the song YUI wrote from the “Attack Pledge”? :

“On October 7th YUI released her new single ‘It’s all too much / Never say die’ and it became No.1 on the Oricon Singles Ranking. Now YUI announced that she will start working on her next song. The new track will be part of a campaign to encourage high school students who are taking correspondence course programs. Students make oaths stating that they will constantly try to reach new heights for their future. The ‘attack pledges’ will be sent to YUI, and with those oaths in mind YUI will write a song to show support for those students.

YUI commented about the song, and also cheered on the students. “The song will become a reminder for both you and me to never forget our roots, our initial aggressiveness. Everyone goes through harsh and hard times, and it might seem easier to just give up. But I became what I am now today by facing and fighting those feelings. I sincerely encourage you to do the same. Let’s continue our drive forward!”

YUI is planning to finish writing the song by January 2010 (no schedules for the song’s release have been announced). The song will then be used in TV commercials for ‘進研ゼミ高校講座 / Shinken Zemi High School Course’ [correspondence course program] from January 2010. From among the students who sent ‘attack pledges’ 30,000 winners will get to download the truetone version of the song for free.”

source

(lolz, I realized I’m like the laziest blogger out there XDDD forgive me everyone but you’ll have to roll with my laziness =P )

Song Download (FULL HQ) : mediafire

PV Download (.mpeg4 format iPod ready) : mediafire

Momusu 42nd single “Onna Medatte Naze Ikenai” Lyrics + Translation

Lyrics for “Onna Medatte Naze Ikenai”

Romaji (thanks to xNiigakiRisax @Hello!Online 😀 )

shawa^ shite kagami wo mitsu meru ( takahashi )
meiku ttetotemo tanoshi i ( takahashi )
sukoshi gurai hade gaiimitai ( tanaka )
sonohouga sesuji ga nobi ru ( tanaka )

onna ga medatte naze ikenai ( All )

mune no oku nohouga ( niigaki )
biriri uzuiteruwa ( kamei )
koi ga hajimari sou ( All )
onna no kan ne ( All )
itsudemo junbi OK ( All )

moshimo bijin bakkano yononaka ja ( All )
minna heibon nanosa ( takahashi )
ano ko kono ko tonarino ko ( All )
sa doutsukeyou ( tanaka )
yatto deban noyoune ( takahashi )
massugu kagayake ( All ) Ah ( michishige )
MY FACE ( All )

tsuyoi meno kaze ga suka^to wo ( kamei )
mekuttemosonnano kini shinai ( kamei )
shigeki nara tsuyoi hougaii ( niigaki )
sonohougairoiro moe ru ( niigaki )

onna ga medatte naze ikenai (All)

monku nonaikurai ( tanaka )
konnichiha tenki gaii ( takahashi )
minna mite iruwa suke ta shatsu to ( All )
yure ru watakushi wo ( All )

moshimo yuumeijin bakkano yononaka ja ( All )
nyu^su gatsumaranaiyo ( kamei )
doko mo koko moano basho mo ( All )
zenbu sute^ji ( niigaki )
yatto maku ga aga ruwa ( kamei )
massugutokimeke ( All) Ah ( michishige )
MY SMILE ( All )

moshimo bijin bakkano yononaka ja ( All )
minna heibon nanosa ( tanaka )
ano ko kono ko tonarino ko ( All )
sa doutsukeyou ( takahashi )
yatto deban noyoune ( tanaka )
massugu kagayake ( All )
MY FACE ( takahashi )

Translation (thanks to http://englishjpoplyrics.blogspot.com/2009/12/morning-musume-onna-ga-medatte-naze.html ^_^  )

After showering, I gaze at the mirror,
Make-up is so much fun
Even if it’s a bit flashy it’s okay
It makes my spine grow

What’s wrong with women standing out?

The center of my heart,
is an electronic jolt throbbing
It seems as if a romance will start,
it’s a woman’s intuition
We’re always prepared

If the world would be nothing but beautiful women
Everyone would just be ordinary
That girl, this girl and the girl next to her
Let’s do things differently
It’s finally our turn
MY FACE
Will shine directly

Even if a strong wind would come and flutter my skirt, I don’t care
If you want motivation, the stronger the better, that way things will get fired up

What’s wrong with women standing out?

The weather today is so good that I don’t have any complaints
Everyone’s looking at my transparent shirt and how I sway

If the world would only have celebrities
The news would be boring to hear about
Where, here and over there
Finally the curtain rises at those stages
MY SMILE
Will prosper directly

If the world would be nothing but beautiful women
Everyone would just be ordinary
That girl, this girl and the girl next to her
Let’s do things differently
It’s finally our turn
MY FACE
Will shine directly

Morning Musume Announced Release Dates for 2010 (wallet rape ftw! :D)

2010 is yet to begin yet tons of release dates for Momusu stuff has been announced! and you know what that means! WALLET RAPE!

YAYYY!!! /sarcasm x_x

Please keep in mind that these announce dates are very early and are subject to be changed or moved, so please look out for updates to this post in the future!

Any announcement made concerning a Momusu member is considered a Momusu release date 😀

1. January 20 : Guardians 4 4th single entitled “Going On!” B-side entitled “Arigatou ~Ookiku Kansha~” (sung with the 4th Shugo Chara egg member, winner of the amulet diamond auditions, Tanabe Nanami)

Regular Edition: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=PCCA-70270

Limited Edition (with DVD) : http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=PCCA-3081

Single V: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=PCBP-51964

2. January 20: Morning Musume Yomiuri Land East Live 2009 Event DVD release from Momusu’s Live at Yomiuri Land while they were promoting their b-Side collection album.

DVD:  http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=EPBE-5368

3. March 3 : Kamei Eri Solo Image DVD

DVD: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=EPBE-5374

4. March 17 : Morning Musume 10th Album entitled “Juu My Me” ( Pronounced Juu Mai Me literally meaning 10th album)

Limited Edition w/DVD : http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=EPCE-5697

Regular Edition : http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=EPCE-5699

5. February 10th: Morning Musume 42nd single entitled “Onna Medatte Naze Ikenai” (Why Can’t Women Stand Out?)

See Post -> https://thatfanoverthere.wordpress.com/2009/12/29/morning-musume-42nd-single-onna-medatte-naze-ikenai-why-is-it-wrong-for-women-to-stand-out/

6. February 25 : Morning Musume Nine Smile Concert DVD. A recording of their 2009 fall concert.

DVD: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=EPBE-5371

7. February 25 : Kamei Eri Photobook (PB) by wanibooks. The PB is shot in Hawaii.

Photobook: http://www.shinseido.co.jp/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Catalog.woa/wa/detail?r=EPBE-5374

Morning Musume 42nd single “Onna Medatte Naze Ikenai” (Why is it wrong for women to stand out?)

Morning Musume’s 42nd single entitled “Onna Medatte Naze Ikenai” (Why is it wrong for women to stand out?) was announced to be released on February 10th 2010 ( a day before Junjun’s birthday!! :DDD ).

The title screams girl power! rawr! But seeing the word “Onna” (women) in the title, I can’t help but think of Onna Sachi Are XD Which isn’t a bad thing at all since I love that song! =P

FULL Preview:

Rewording myself from my previous post on the H!O thread for this single, I LOVE IT but then again it sounds like it should have been a b-side.

Once I heard the intro I was immediately pleased. I love the instrumental! It’s just that the arrangement of the song put off myself and a lot people. I guess if the song was put together in a different way then perhaps it would have improved the overall sound quality of the song. The other thing that really ruined it for me was the chorus and how it sounded. But even though I didn’t like the chorus it unexpectedly crept up on me and before I knew it I was singing it throughout the house ^_^

I have no complaints about line distribution since it was expected for 8th gen to be given the cold shoulder once again, so yeah my hopes have been crushed concerning that issue. Nowadays I don’t tend to complain about line distribution since I figure it’s something not worth complaining about since, heck like tsunku would even bother getting a translator to read my posts about the issue.

Overall, the big things I love about this song is the melody and the instrumental – two things I’m a big BIG sucker for. So even if not many people like it I love it! And I’m not being a puppy dog follower type fan concerning this song =P

Purchase Links:

Limited Edition (with DVD) A: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=EPCE-5685

Limited Edition (with DVD) B : http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=EPCE-5687

Limited Edition (with DVD) C : http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=EPCE-5689

Single V (DVD) : http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=EPBE-5373

DBSK “Break Out” FULL song released!

COMEBACK~!!

KYAAAAAAA!!!!

Ahem. For a while I’ve been thinking maybe I should let my DBSK fandom go (I wasn’t a very good fan in as time went on anyway… ^^; ) but recently, after months of silence, my interest in them has started to go up again. I guess I couldn’t really put them aside after all XD once you’re hooked you can never let them go ❤

Anyway! DBSK’s 29th japanese single “Break Out” has been released, here is the full preview! 😀

I’m lovin’ Yunho’s lonnnnng solo!!! and the chorus is especially catchy! It fits into J-pop very nicely and is a fine example of how distinct it is 😀

Album Covers:

Ahh~, I almost forgot the sensation of having a fandom, especially being a DBSK fan. I guess with everything they’re facing and this new single, I’m realizing how much I really cherish them. If they were to ever break up I would be as sad as it I would if Momusu or After School broke up ;_;

I also realized that the lyrics in the song is a perfect motivator for the boys. Although the situation they’re in will take a lot of time to be settled, lets just do our best as fans and like we say “ALWAYS KEEP THE FAITH”. I guess this is the boiling point in which someone’s fandom is tested huh? XD

Ahh it’s just so great to hear their voices again~

AM PATIENTLY WAITING FOR THE PV!! =D